342 MR. GALLATIN [CHAP. XXXIX. 



That the shafts of this satire have not missed their aim, 

 has been proved, among other evidences, by its having 

 been thought politic, even in England, to circulate, 

 chiefly, it is said, among the Irish Catholics, an &quot; Adap 

 tation of the Wandering Jew, from the original of 

 Eugene Sue.&quot; In this singular re-cast of the French 

 romance, which I have perused, the Russian police is 

 everywhere substituted for the Jesuits, and Rodin 

 becomes the tool of the Czar, intriguing in French 

 politics, instead of the servant of the successor of 

 Ignatius Loyola. On the whole, I am inclined to 

 believe that the good preponderates over the evil, in 

 the influence exerted on the million, even by such a 

 romance. It has a refining rather than a corrupting 

 effect, and may lead on to the study of works of a more 

 exalting character. The great step is gained, when the 

 powers of the imagination have been stimulated and 

 the dormant and apathetic mind awakened and lifted 

 above the prosaic monotony of every-day life. 



May 9. Called with a letter of introduction 

 on Mr. Gallatin, well known by a long and distin 

 guished career in political life. As a diplomatist in 

 London, he negotiated the original Oregon treaty with 

 Great Britain, and has now, at the age of eighty-two, 

 come out with several able and spirited pamphlets, to 

 demonstrate to his countrymen that their national 

 honour would not be compromised by accepting the 

 terms offered by the British Cabinet. Being at the 

 same time an experienced financier, he has told them 

 plainly, if they will go to war, how much it will cost 

 them annually, and what taxes they should make up 

 their minds to submit to cheerfully, if they would 



